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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c index 632d34d20237..bf312da41a6d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c @@ -909,6 +909,20 @@ static void populate_pte(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, start); + /* + * Set the GLOBAL flags only if the PRESENT flag is + * set otherwise pte_present will return true even on + * a non present pte. The canon_pgprot will clear + * _PAGE_GLOBAL for the ancient hardware that doesn't + * support it. + */ + if (pgprot_val(pgprot) & _PAGE_PRESENT) + pgprot_val(pgprot) |= _PAGE_GLOBAL; + else + pgprot_val(pgprot) &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL; + + pgprot = canon_pgprot(pgprot); + while (num_pages-- && start < end) { set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(cpa->pfn, pgprot)); |